NEW YORK: Tigers Have Nine Lives

For three months the New York Post has published a pint-size box reporting: "LaGuardia Today . . . flew to Buffalo [or Washington or Boston or Chicago, etc.]." On a good day the Mayor sometimes flies to two cities in different directions (not counting New York City, where he often flies straight up in the air).

For such airy reasons Fiorello H. (for Enrico) LaGuardia was in deep trouble last week. Hard upon him was the quadrennial mayoralty election; hotter than ever on his neck was the breath of the unkillable Tammany Tiger....

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